Vietnam war veterans / Al Jazeera award / India anti-corruption jurisdiction

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Vietnamese veterans fight corruption on a ‘war footing’.  "Nguyễn Tiến Lãng, 79, and Nguyễn Công Uẩn, 80, are war veterans who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country; both of them were cut to the deep long after the war ended as their countrymen hatched fraudulent schemes to gain social welfare benefits designated for veterans."
Viet Nam News: http://vietnamnews.vn/society/377940/veterans-fight-corruption-on-a-war-footing.html#yxYkUtC2I8ywbZRh.97

Al Jazeera wins global media award.  Al Jazeera announces that its Investigative Unit has won the Corruption Reporting Award at the annual One World Media ceremony in London for an exposé on Maldives.
Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/06/al-jazeera-wins-corruption-reporting-award-170607203212946.html

What is [India's Central Bureau of Investigation’s] jurisdiction, when can it conduct raids? (commentary)  India's Central Bureau of Investigation has issued a press release clarifying its stand and explained how the raid on an Indian media company's promoters followed the law, particularly provisions of the 1988 Prevention of Corruption Act that apply to officials of private banks.

Sonakshi Awasthi/The Indian Express: http://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/what-is-the-cbis-jurisdiction-when-can-it-conduct-raids-4693112/

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